Improvement in galvanic batteries



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Patented March 21,1876.

F. C. KINEMUND.

GALVANIc-BATTERY.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY M yPETERS, PHOT-UTHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

No.175,11Z.

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GALvANxc-BATTERY. No. 175,112. Patented March 21,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGEc FREDERICK o. KINEMUND, 0E BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT I GALVAN'IC BATTERIES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,1 l2, dated March 21, 1876; application filed February 5, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. KINE- MUND, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Galvani@ Batteries; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification, and to the letters and figures 'of reference marked thereon. l

Figure l of the drawings is a representation ofalongitudinal vertical section of my battery; and Figs. 2, 3, 4., 5, and 6-are detail views thereof.

The nature of my invention consists inthe construction and arrangement of a galvanic battery for medical purposes, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the outer case or box, constructed in any suitable form and dimensions, and provided with an interior trough, B, containing thecells U (l. The trough, with the cells, is raised and lowered at` will by means of the handles E E, the shanks ot' which are made flat and pass through a vertical slot, a, in the ends of the box, said slot having an enlargement, b, at

' each en'd, so that by turning the handle the shank or stem will be turned latwise, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus support the trough. ln each cell O are placedone carbon plate, I), and one zinc plate, D', which are,ihowever, not connected; but the carbon plate for one cell is connected with the zincplate for the adjoining cell,and said two plates are supported by means ot' acurved wire, d, as shown in Fig. 5, from a longitudinal bar, G, at the top.

There are two rows of cells, and the plates from the two rows are all suspended from the same bar. In the cell at each end there is one plate connected with a plate in thecell on the other side, as shown in Fig. 6, and also supported on the bar G.

-Above the bar Gr, in the box or case A, is a rail, I, on which slides a disk or carriage, J, having two upright posts, h h, for'the attachment of the two connecting-wires. On each side of this carriage is a metal post, f, with a sliding shoe, L, placed thereon, to form connection with the wires d of the plates D D. On top of the carriage is an ordinary switch, P, fur changing the current.

By moving the carriage J back and forth on the rail I, as many pairs of Icells as desired may be included in the working portion of the battery, and thus the current made of any power required. v

Instead of moving the plates ont and in the cells, I leave the plates stationary, while the trough, with the cells, is moved up and down and held in position by the handles, as above described.

The carriage, with its posts, slides, and switch, forms a simple and convenient means for increasing and decreasing the power of the current, and for changing the course of the current as required.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the plates D D', suspended from the bar G by the wires d, and the sliding carriage J, containing the bindingposts h, posts f, with movable shoes L, and

the switch P, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDK. G. KINEMUND.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. UPHAM, Jos. B. LooMIs. 

